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<blockquote data-quote="cul8er" data-source="post: 166321" data-attributes="member: 24508">One of the great things about MP is that it is Open Source. Anyone can contribute to the code as everything (the source) is in the SVN repository.But what about all the plugins, skins and so on.I have seen so many plugins, skins die due to the fact that the original coder doesen't have time anymore, their code is lost due to harddisk crashes and so on.Is it possible to have a rule that before a plugin is added to the MP site the source should be added to the SVN repository? This way other could contribute and all MP related stuff would be open source not just the core.Or if above is a bad idea, could the plugin section of MP have a field informing the users of what plugins are in SVN and what are not. In this case at least the end user could choose not to building their HTPC solution around a plugin where the source code is not open source (available). As MP developement is moving so fast now it is a lot of work for plugin developers to keep up with the pace. Making the source available could make other developers interrested in helping out.It is so sad to see all these great plugins die.Does anyone know how other media center solutions handle this (like MeediOS)?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cul8er, post: 166321, member: 24508"] One of the great things about MP is that it is Open Source. Anyone can contribute to the code as everything (the source) is in the SVN repository. But what about all the plugins, skins and so on. I have seen so many plugins, skins die due to the fact that the original coder doesen't have time anymore, their code is lost due to harddisk crashes and so on. Is it possible to have a rule that before a plugin is added to the MP site the source should be added to the SVN repository? This way other could contribute and all MP related stuff would be open source not just the core. Or if above is a bad idea, could the plugin section of MP have a field informing the users of what plugins are in SVN and what are not. In this case at least the end user could choose not to building their HTPC solution around a plugin where the source code is not open source (available). As MP developement is moving so fast now it is a lot of work for plugin developers to keep up with the pace. Making the source available could make other developers interrested in helping out. It is so sad to see all these great plugins die. Does anyone know how other media center solutions handle this (like MeediOS)? [/QUOTE]

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